Customer Rating: 
Summary: I bought this in 2003
Comment: 4 years and going strong. Honestly I have not had one disappointment. It has been reliable, easy to learn and use, and has given me nice prints over the years. I love the capacity to print larger than 8x10 pictures. Ink cartridges are easy to find and easy to install. I made a good decision in 2003 when I chose this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A year of Epson 1280 experience
Comment: I am really impressed with the performance of Epson 1280, although I have read lots of negative remarks about it. I usually take wedding pictures and lots of photographic shots of all occassions and print most on the 13 inch formats. One of the things I hate when at the middle of large format printing, horizontal lines starting to show and it means time to clean your printer head. I like the overall look of the finished glossy pictures when using 8 megs raw process with Ilford galerie gloss paper.
Right now, I ordered Epson 1800 with Amazon and I am hoping that I will satisfy the people that I take pictures for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent photo quality prints
Comment: This printer prints out amazing true color prints that are sharp and photo quality. It however take me some time to get to this point. If you are serious about making color prints invest in good monitor calibration software without it you're going to be at the whims of an uncalibrated monitor which makes it virtually impossible to match with the output. (I bought Spyder2 for $150). The printer does take some maintenance, including either regular printing or head cleaning. The prints are not cheap. Using premium Epson paper and inks, results in beautiful prints, but if you're planning on knocking off some 4X6 family photos, I would not recommend this printer. I use the printer mainly for 11 X 17 and 13 X 19 enlargements.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great but quirky large-format linux printer
Comment: I've had my Epson 1280 for over two years now and consider it money well spent. I run exclusively on Linux (currently Gentoo) and the Linux support for this printer (using CUPS) is superb. All modes, resolutions, etc. are supported. I use this printer a lot for engineering work printing B-size (tabloid) drawings and it works great for that.
Like just about every review states, this printer slurps ink like Homer Simpson slurps beer. Because I don't print many color photos this is not a problem for me--if I was doing that I'd get the Niagara system other reviewers cite. I've researched the Niagara system and it looks like a good deal for heavy users.
My main complaint with this printer--and the reason why it only gets four stars--is the ease with which the heads clog up. This printer wants to be used constantly. If you let it sit for a day or two it's almost guaranteed that one or more of the jets will clog up and you'll get streaks in the output. Then you have to either press the front-panel control or, in more extreme cases, run the head-unclogging utility (on Linux I use mtink) to force the printer to 'blow out' the plugged jets. When the printer does this it blasts ink through the heads wasting even more of the pricey ink. Do this enough and the reservoir the printer blasts the ink into (a sponge-sandpaper-like thing) will overflow and cause the head to smear ink all over the paper. That's when you get out the Windex and paper towels and clean up the mess (google the web for details.) Because of this 'trait' I would not recommend this printer for casual users.
Still, for B-sized printing and high-quality photos, and considering how well supported it is under Linux, there's not much else better out there.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Still worth the value compared to what you get from Kinko's
Comment: I decided to buy a 1270 at the time I was still an Art student. As a poor art student, buying a good printer as early as possible is strongly recommanded. Epson 1270 was an hot topic at that time while I was still in school. So I paid several hundred bucks to get this nice printer then I would print at home anytime I wanted. I saved money and time. I didn't need to go to Kinko's anymore. I never liked to go there. The only time I would get help and got it printed correctly was be there at 2am in the morning while I was the only customer in Kinko's.
**Art Students, if you are sick and tired of getting rid off by Kinko's, get a good printer now! This printer can last 3 years easily, good til you graduate! Looks expensive but you won't regret. If you find any problem, call Epson to get another printer before the warranty ends!** Their replacement service is great but not when the warranty expires.... :-(
The printer is noisy but I appreciate the printing speed and the quality is great!
There was one time I have a weird printing problem with my 1270 that I never realized. I brought the printer to the mechanic to look at it. I was using Kodak Premium High-gloss paper which was a very nice kind of photo paper. He told me to use Epson brand and he gave me a sheet of Epson paper. He said it was because the chemical reaction on the paper and Epson's ink. I went home and tried the Epson paper he gave me, it printed great! The colors blended on the paper so well, couldn't even see any dots caused from printing. But, I still prefer the Kodak paper because the result of the color is a lot nicer (bright and strong)than Epson's paper.
Yes, you will need to clean the head time to time and it wastes papers and ink too. The color ink comes with 5 colors. Either one of them runs out, you will have to buy a new one for around $28-$30.
If you just need to print letter size paper (8.5x11) AND IF you are not an art student OR you don't really need to have the commercial kind of printing result, Epson 1270 or 1280 will not be a good deal for a long run. I hope this help!
Summary: I bought this in 2003
Comment: 4 years and going strong. Honestly I have not had one disappointment. It has been reliable, easy to learn and use, and has given me nice prints over the years. I love the capacity to print larger than 8x10 pictures. Ink cartridges are easy to find and easy to install. I made a good decision in 2003 when I chose this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A year of Epson 1280 experience
Comment: I am really impressed with the performance of Epson 1280, although I have read lots of negative remarks about it. I usually take wedding pictures and lots of photographic shots of all occassions and print most on the 13 inch formats. One of the things I hate when at the middle of large format printing, horizontal lines starting to show and it means time to clean your printer head. I like the overall look of the finished glossy pictures when using 8 megs raw process with Ilford galerie gloss paper.
Right now, I ordered Epson 1800 with Amazon and I am hoping that I will satisfy the people that I take pictures for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent photo quality prints
Comment: This printer prints out amazing true color prints that are sharp and photo quality. It however take me some time to get to this point. If you are serious about making color prints invest in good monitor calibration software without it you're going to be at the whims of an uncalibrated monitor which makes it virtually impossible to match with the output. (I bought Spyder2 for $150). The printer does take some maintenance, including either regular printing or head cleaning. The prints are not cheap. Using premium Epson paper and inks, results in beautiful prints, but if you're planning on knocking off some 4X6 family photos, I would not recommend this printer. I use the printer mainly for 11 X 17 and 13 X 19 enlargements.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great but quirky large-format linux printer
Comment: I've had my Epson 1280 for over two years now and consider it money well spent. I run exclusively on Linux (currently Gentoo) and the Linux support for this printer (using CUPS) is superb. All modes, resolutions, etc. are supported. I use this printer a lot for engineering work printing B-size (tabloid) drawings and it works great for that.
Like just about every review states, this printer slurps ink like Homer Simpson slurps beer. Because I don't print many color photos this is not a problem for me--if I was doing that I'd get the Niagara system other reviewers cite. I've researched the Niagara system and it looks like a good deal for heavy users.
My main complaint with this printer--and the reason why it only gets four stars--is the ease with which the heads clog up. This printer wants to be used constantly. If you let it sit for a day or two it's almost guaranteed that one or more of the jets will clog up and you'll get streaks in the output. Then you have to either press the front-panel control or, in more extreme cases, run the head-unclogging utility (on Linux I use mtink) to force the printer to 'blow out' the plugged jets. When the printer does this it blasts ink through the heads wasting even more of the pricey ink. Do this enough and the reservoir the printer blasts the ink into (a sponge-sandpaper-like thing) will overflow and cause the head to smear ink all over the paper. That's when you get out the Windex and paper towels and clean up the mess (google the web for details.) Because of this 'trait' I would not recommend this printer for casual users.
Still, for B-sized printing and high-quality photos, and considering how well supported it is under Linux, there's not much else better out there.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Still worth the value compared to what you get from Kinko's
Comment: I decided to buy a 1270 at the time I was still an Art student. As a poor art student, buying a good printer as early as possible is strongly recommanded. Epson 1270 was an hot topic at that time while I was still in school. So I paid several hundred bucks to get this nice printer then I would print at home anytime I wanted. I saved money and time. I didn't need to go to Kinko's anymore. I never liked to go there. The only time I would get help and got it printed correctly was be there at 2am in the morning while I was the only customer in Kinko's.
**Art Students, if you are sick and tired of getting rid off by Kinko's, get a good printer now! This printer can last 3 years easily, good til you graduate! Looks expensive but you won't regret. If you find any problem, call Epson to get another printer before the warranty ends!** Their replacement service is great but not when the warranty expires.... :-(
The printer is noisy but I appreciate the printing speed and the quality is great!
There was one time I have a weird printing problem with my 1270 that I never realized. I brought the printer to the mechanic to look at it. I was using Kodak Premium High-gloss paper which was a very nice kind of photo paper. He told me to use Epson brand and he gave me a sheet of Epson paper. He said it was because the chemical reaction on the paper and Epson's ink. I went home and tried the Epson paper he gave me, it printed great! The colors blended on the paper so well, couldn't even see any dots caused from printing. But, I still prefer the Kodak paper because the result of the color is a lot nicer (bright and strong)than Epson's paper.
Yes, you will need to clean the head time to time and it wastes papers and ink too. The color ink comes with 5 colors. Either one of them runs out, you will have to buy a new one for around $28-$30.
If you just need to print letter size paper (8.5x11) AND IF you are not an art student OR you don't really need to have the commercial kind of printing result, Epson 1270 or 1280 will not be a good deal for a long run. I hope this help!
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